Help:Editing
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
Begin Editing
To begin editing a page, click on "Edit this page" or "edit" at the top. To edit an individual section, look at the section header for "[edit]".
Then enter your Wikitext into it, whatever that may be. To see what your page looks like before you save it, press "Show Preview." If that all looks good, enter a Summary (see below), mark whether it's a minor edit, and if you want to watch the page. Then, when you're finished, press "Save Page." Your changes will be visible immediatly.
Dummy edit
If the Wikitext originally in the document is not changed, no edit will be recorded, and the edit summary is discarded. That is called a Dummy edit, where the page rendered is not changed.
Minor edits
When editing a page, a logged in user has the option of flagging the edit as a "minor edit". When to use this is somewhat a matter of personal preference. The rule of thumb is that an edit of a page that is spelling corrections, formatting, and minor rearranging of text should be flagged as a "minor edit". A major edit is basically something that makes the entry worth relooking at for somebody who wants to watch the article rather closely, so any "real" change, even if it is a single word. This feature is important, because users can choose to hide minor edits in their view of the recent changes to keep the volume of edits down to a manageable level.
The reason for not allowing a user who is not logged in to mark an edit as minor is that vandalism could then be marked as a minor edit, in which case it would stay unnoticed longer. This limitation is another reason to log in.
Summary
The Summary is a summary of what you've done to change the page. Whether it be creating the page or fixing a spelling error, you should always fill out the summary, so administrators know what you've done.
The Wiki Markup
In this section, we will show everything about how to make a good Wiki page--formatting, links, and more.
You may want to keep this page open in a separate browser window for reference. If you want to try out things without danger of doing any harm, you can do so in the Sandbox.
Sections, Paragraphs, Lists, and Lines
| What You See | What You Type |
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| Section Headings Look Like This: New section |
Section Headings Look Like This: == New section == === Subsection === ==== Sub-subsection ==== |
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New line: A single new line has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. |
New line: A single new line has no effect on the layout. But an empty line starts a new paragraph. |
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You can break lines |
You can break lines<br> without starting a new paragraph. |
| * Bulleted lists are easy; ** Just start every line with a star *** more stars means deeper levels |
marks the end of the list.
| <nowiki> # Numbered lists are also good ## very organized ## easy to follow #A newline #in a list marks the end of the list. #New numbering starts #with 1.</nowiki> |
| * You can even do mixed lists *# and nest them *#* like this<br>or have newlines<br>inside lists |
| * You can also **break lines<br>inside lists<br>like this |
of definitions
| ; Definition list : list of definitions ; item : the item's definition |
IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;
WARNING: if you make the text wide, it won't wrap, and force the whole page to be wide and hence less readable. | IF a line of plain text starts with a space THEN
it will be formatted exactly
as typed;
in a fixed-width font;
lines won't wrap;
ENDIF
this is useful for:
* pasting preformatted text;
* algorithm descriptions;
* program source code
* ASCII art;
* chemical structures;
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| <center>Centered text.</center> |
Links, URLS
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Joe is playing Halo on Xbox. Spaces are treated like underscores (typing an underscore is the same as typing a space, but is not recommended). | Joe is playing Halo on [[Xbox]].<br> Jane is playing [[Halo PC|Halo on PC]]. |
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When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name: or four for user name plus date/time:
| When adding a comment to a Talk page, you should sign it. You can do this by adding three tildes for your user name: : ~~~ or four for user name plus date/time: : ~~~~ |
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Redirect one article title to another by putting text like this in its first line. | #REDIRECT [[Master Chief]] |
External links: [http://www.bungie.net Bungie], [http://www.bungie.net] | |
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Or just give the URL: http://www.bungie.net | Or just give the URL: http://www.bungie.net |
Character Formatting
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Emphasize, strongly, very strongly.
| ''Emphasize'', '''strongly''', '''''very strongly'''''. |
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A typewriter font for technical terms. | A typewriter font for <tt>technical terms</tt>. |
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You can use small text for captions. | You can use <small>small text</small> for captions. |
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You can | You can <strike>strike out deleted material</strike> and <u>underline new material</u>. |
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Umlauts and accents: | è é ê ë ì í À Á Â Ã Ä Å Æ Ç È É Ê Ë Ì Í Î Ï Ñ Ò Ó Ô Õ Ö Ø Ù Ú Û Ü ß à á â ã ä å æ ç è é ê ë ì í î ï ñ ò ó ô œ õ ö ø ù ú û ü ÿ |
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Commenting page source:
| <!-- comment here --> |